BRFSS 2005 - Onslow County: (Do you think people your age or older who do not have symptoms should be tested for colon or rectal cancer?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	8,254	7,808	94.9	94.3-95.4	446	5.1	4.6- 5.7
-Onslow County	151	137	89.6	82.1-94.2	14	10.4	5.8-17.9
GENDER
Male	51	46	87.8	72.3-95.2	5	12.2	4.8-27.7
Female	100	91	91.0	83.0-95.5	9	9.0	4.5-17.0
RACE
White	110	97	87.8	79.3-93.2	13	12.2	6.8-20.7
Other	40	39	93.7	67.1-99.1	1	6.3	0.9-32.9
AGE
45+	151	137	89.6	82.1-94.2	14	10.4	5.8-17.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	72	92.0	79.4-97.2	5	8.0	2.8-20.6
Some College +	74	65	87.2	76.0-93.6	9	12.8	6.4-24.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	99	88	87.9	78.3-93.5	11	12.1	6.5-21.7
$50,000+	34	33	97.7	85.3-99.7	1	2.3	0.3-14.7

*This question was asked only of respondents (male & female) age 50 and older.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Do you think people your age or older who do not have symptoms should be tested for colon or rectal cancer?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,254	7,808	94.9	94.3-95.4	446	5.1	4.6- 5.7
-Onslow County	151	137	89.6	82.1-94.2	14	10.4	5.8-17.9
GENDER
Male	51	46	87.8	72.3-95.2	5	12.2	4.8-27.7
Female	100	91	91.0	83.0-95.5	9	9.0	4.5-17.0
RACE
White	110	97	87.8	79.3-93.2	13	12.2	6.8-20.7
Other	40	39	93.7	67.1-99.1	1	6.3	0.9-32.9
AGE
45+	151	137	89.6	82.1-94.2	14	10.4	5.8-17.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	72	92.0	79.4-97.2	5	8.0	2.8-20.6
Some College +	74	65	87.2	76.0-93.6	9	12.8	6.4-24.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	99	88	87.9	78.3-93.5	11	12.1	6.5-21.7
$50,000+	34	33	97.7	85.3-99.7	1	2.3	0.3-14.7